I am a much more rational and level headed person than you might imagine. Conservatives are by and large responsible citizens. We are the ones who own businesses, who keep the wheels of commerce turning, are the ones who keep the lights on and civilization working. We understand the meaning of property rights, we have the ability to rationally and logically evaluate situations, and in a crisis it will be a conservative who bails your ass out.

The shooter who ambushed and killed two upstate New York firefighters Monday left a note behind indicating his intentions, police said today. "I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down and do what I like doing best -- killing people," the three-page typewritten note said. Two other firefighters who were wounded in the ambush are in stable condition after surgery, police say. The gunman, William Spengler, 62, was convicted decades ago of killing his grandmother. He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after the firefighters were shot.